Carnegie Medal (literary award)

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The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936, is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), who calls it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing". [1] CILIP is currently partnered with the audio technology company Yoto in connection with the award.

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Nominated books must be written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding school year (September to August). [2] Until 1969, the award was limited to books by British authors first published in England. [3] The first non-British medalist was Australian author Ivan Southall for Josh (1972). The original rules also prohibited winning authors from future consideration. [3] The first author to win a second Carnegie Medal was Peter Dickinson in 1981, who won consecutively for Tulku and City of Gold . As of 2018, eight authors had received the Medal more than once.

The winner is awarded a gold medal and £500 worth of books donated to the winner's chosen library. In addition, since 2016 the winner has received a £5,000 cash prize from the Colin Mears bequest. [4] [5]

Latest rendition

Manon Steffan Ros won the 2023 Carnegie Medal for The Blue Book of Nebo, [6] the first time a translation had won the award. The Blue Book of Nebo is a novel told in dual narrative by a boy and his mother navigating a post-apocalyptic world. Translated from Welsh, it depicts Welsh identity and culture.

There were seven books on the 2023 shortlist: [7]

Recommended ages have ranged from 8+ to 14+ for books on the shortlist since 2001.

History

The Medal is named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), who founded more than 2,800 libraries in the English-speaking world, including at least one in more than half of British library authorities. [4] It was established in 1936 by the British Library Association, to celebrate the centenary of Carnegie's birth [4] [8] and inaugurated in 1937 with the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post (1936) and the identification of two 'commended' books. [8] The first Medal was dated 1936, but since 2007, it has been dated by its year of presentation, which is now one or two years after publication. [9]

In 1955, the Kate Greenaway Medal was established as a companion to the Carnegie Medal. The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". [10]

Both awards were established and administered by the Library Association, until it was succeeded by CILIP in 2002. [8] In 2022, the award was officially renamed to the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. [11]

As of 2023, the award is organized by CILIP and sponsored by Yoto, Scholastic, and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society. [12]

Process

CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November. [13] The longlist, chosen by the judges from the nominated books, is published in February. The judging panel comprises 12 children's librarians, all of whom are members of CILIP's Youth Libraries Group (YLG). The shortlist is announced in March and the winner in June. [13]

Titles must be English-language works first published in the UK during the preceding year (1 September to 31 August). According to CILIP, "all categories of books, including poetry, non-fiction and graphic novels, in print or ebook format, for children and young people are eligible". [2] Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible. [2]

Young people from across the UK take part in shadowing groups organised by secondary schools and public libraries, to read and discuss the shortlisted books. [13]

CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style "where appropriate". [2] Furthermore, it states that "the book that wins the Carnegie Medal should be a book of outstanding literary quality. The whole work should provide pleasure, not merely from the surface enjoyment of a good read, but also the deeper subconscious satisfaction of having gone through a vicarious, but at the time of reading, a real experience that is retained afterwards". [2]

A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books. [14]

Winners

As of 2022, 83 Medals have been awarded over 86 years, spanning the period from 1936 to 2021. No eligible book published in 1943, 1945, or 1966 was considered suitable by the judging panel. [9]

From 2007 onward, the medals are dated by the year of presentation. Prior to this, they were dated by the calendar year of their British publication. [9]

Forty-one winning books were illustrated in their first editions, including every one during the first three decades. Six from 1936 to 1953 were illustrated or co-illustrated by their authors; none since then.

Carnegie Medal winners [9]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherRef.
1936 Arthur Ransome Pigeon Post Jonathan Cape
1937 [lower-alpha 1] Eve Garnett The Family from One End Street Frederick Muller [16]
1938 Noel Streatfeild The Circus Is Coming J. M. Dent
1939 Eleanor Doorly The Radium Woman Heinemann
1940 Kitty Barne Visitors from London J. M. Dent
1941 Mary Treadgold We Couldn't Leave Dinah Jonathan Cape
1942 BB The Little Grey Men Eyre & Spottiswoode [16]
1943—Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1944 Eric Linklater The Wind on the Moon Macmillan
1945—Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1946 Elizabeth Goudge The Little White Horse University of London [16]
1947 Walter de la Mare Collected Stories for Children Faber
1948 Richard Armstrong Sea Change J. M. Dent
1949 Agnes Allen
illus. Agnes and Jack Allen [lower-alpha 2]
The Story of Your Home
1950 Elfrida Vipont The Lark on the Wing Oxford University Press
1951 Cynthia Harnett
illus. by the author [lower-alpha 2]
The Wool-Pack Methuen
1952 [lower-alpha 1] Mary Norton The Borrowers J. M. Dent [16]
1953 Edward Osmond
illus. by the author [lower-alpha 2]
A Valley Grows Up Oxford University Press
1954 Ronald Welch (Felton Ronald Oliver) Knight Crusader Oxford University Press
1955 Eleanor Farjeon The Little Bookroom Oxford University Press
1956 C. S. Lewis The Last Battle The Bodley Head [16]
1957 William Mayne A Grass Rope Oxford University Press
1958 [lower-alpha 1] Philippa Pearce Tom's Midnight Garden Oxford University Press [16]
1959 Rosemary Sutcliff The Lantern Bearers Oxford University Press [16]
1960 Ian Wolfran Cornwall
illus. Marjorie Maitland Howard
The Making of ManPhoenix House
1961 Lucy M. Boston A Stranger at Green Knowe Faber [16]
1962 Pauline Clarke The Twelve and the Genii Faber
1963 Hester Burton Time of Trial Oxford University Press
1964 Sheena Porter Nordy Bank Oxford University Press
1965 Philip Turner The Grange at High Force Oxford University Press
1966— Prize withheld as no book considered suitable [lower-alpha 3]
1967 [lower-alpha 1] Alan Garner The Owl Service Collins [16]
1968 Rosemary Harris The Moon in the Cloud Faber
1969 K. M. Peyton The Edge of the Cloud Oxford University Press [16]
1970 Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen
illustrated by Charles Keeping
The God Beneath the Sea Longman
1971 Ivan Southall Josh Angus & Robertson
1972 Richard Adams Watership Down Rex Collings [16]
1973 Penelope Lively The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Heinemann
1974 Mollie Hunter The Stronghold Hamish Hamilton
1975 [lower-alpha 1] Robert Westall The Machine Gunners Macmillan
1976 Jan Mark Thunder and Lightnings Kestrel [16]
1977 Gene Kemp The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler Faber [16]
1978 David Rees The Exeter Blitz Hamish Hamilton
1979 Peter Dickinson Tulku Gollancz [16]
1980 Peter Dickinson
illus. Michael Foreman
City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament Gollancz
1981 Robert Westall The Scarecrows Chatto & Windus
1982 Margaret Mahy The Haunting J.M. Dent [16]
1983 Jan Mark Handles Kestrel
1984 Margaret Mahy The Changeover J. M. Dent
1985 [lower-alpha 1] Kevin Crossley-Holland
illus. Alan Marks
Storm Heinemann [16]
1986 Berlie Doherty Granny Was a Buffer Girl Methuen [16]
1987 Susan Price The Ghost Drum Faber
1988 Geraldine McCaughrean A Pack of Lies Oxford University Press [16]
1989 Anne Fine Goggle-Eyes Hamish Hamilton [16]
1990 Gillian Cross Wolf Oxford University Press [16]
1991 Berlie Doherty Dear Nobody Hamish Hamilton
1992 Anne Fine Flour Babies Hamish Hamilton
1993 Robert Swindells Stone Cold Hamish Hamilton
1994 Theresa Breslin Whispers in the Graveyard Methuen [17]
1995 [lower-alpha 1] Philip Pullman Northern Lights Scholastic [16]
1996 [lower-alpha 1] Melvin Burgess Junk Andersen Press [16]
1997 Tim Bowler River Boy Oxford University Press
1998 [lower-alpha 1] David Almond
illus. Adam Fisher
Skellig Hodder & Stoughton [16]
1999 Aidan Chambers Postcards from No Man's Land The Bodley Head
2000 Beverley Naidoo The Other Side of Truth Puffin [16]
2001 Terry Pratchett The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Doubleday
2002 Sharon Creech Ruby Holler Bloomsbury
2003 [lower-alpha 1] Jennifer Donnelly A Gathering Light Bloomsbury
2004 Frank Cottrell Boyce Millions Macmillan [16] [18]
2005 Mal Peet Tamar Walker Books [16] [19]
2006 The award date is the year of publication before 2006, the year of presentation after 2006.
2007 Meg Rosoff Just in Case Penguin [16]
2008 Philip Reeve Here Lies Arthur Scholastic [16]
2009 Siobhan Dowd Bog Child David Fickling [16] [20]
2010 Neil Gaiman
two illustrators [lower-alpha 4]
The Graveyard Book Bloomsbury [16] [21]
2011 Patrick Ness Monsters of Men Walker Books [16] [22]
2012 Patrick Ness
illustrated by Jim Kay
A Monster Calls Walker Books [16] [23]
2013 Sally Gardner Maggot Moon Hot Key Books [16] [24]
2014 Kevin Brooks The Bunker Diary Penguin Books [16] [25]
2015 Tanya Landman Buffalo Soldier Walker Books [16] [26]
2016 Sarah Crossan One Bloomsbury Children's [27]
2017 Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea Penguin Books
2018 Geraldine McCaughrean
illustrated by Jane Milloy
Where the World Ends Usborne Publishing
2019 Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X HarperTeen [28]
2020 Anthony McGowan Lark Barrington Stoke
2021 Jason Reynolds Look Both Ways Knights Of [29]
2022 Katya Balen October, October Bloomsbury [30]
2023 Manon Steffan Ros The Blue Book of NeboFirefly Press [31]

Carnegie of Carnegies

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Carnegie Medal in 2007, CILIP created a 'Living Archive' on the Carnegie Medal website with information about each of the winning books and conducted a poll to identify the nation's favourite Carnegie Medal winner, to be named the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The winner, announced on 21 June 2007 at the British Library, was Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1995). It was the expected winner, garnering 40% of the votes in the UK, and 36% worldwide. [32]

70th Anniversary Top Ten

Northern Lights, with 40% of the public vote, was followed by 16% for Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and 8% for Skellig by David Almond. As those three books had won the 70-year-old Medal in its year 60, year 23, and year 63, some commentary observed that Tom's Midnight Garden had passed a test of time that the others had not yet faced. [33]

Honorees

Prior to 2007, the award year matched books' year of publication with selection announced and medals presented early the following year. [34]

1930s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1936-1939 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1936 Arthur Ransome Pigeon Post Jonathan Cape Winner
Howard Spring Sampson's CircusCommended
Noel Streatfeild Ballet Shoes Commended
1937 Eve Garnett [lower-alpha 1] The Family from One End Street Frederick Muller Winner [16]
1938 Noel Streatfeild The Circus Is Coming J. M. Dent Winner
1939 Eleanor Doorly The Radium Woman Heinemann Winner

1940s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1940-1949 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1940 Kitty Barne Visitors from London J. M. Dent Winner
1941 Mary Treadgold We Couldn't Leave Dinah Jonathan Cape Winner
1942 BB The Little Grey Men Eyre & Spottiswoode Winner [16]
1943 Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1944 Eric Linklater The Wind on the Moon Macmillan Winner
1945 Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1946 Elizabeth Goudge The Little White Horse University of London Winner [16]
1947 Walter de la Mare Collected Stories for Children Faber & Faber Winner
1948 Richard Armstrong Sea Change J. M. Dent Winner
1949 Agnes Allen , illus. Agnes and Jack Allen The Story of Your Home Faber & Faber Winner

1950s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1950-1959 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1950 Elfrida Vipont The Lark on the Wing Oxford University Press Winner
1951 Cynthia Harnett The Wool-Pack Methuen Publishing Winner
1952 Mary Norton The Borrowers [lower-alpha 1] J. M. Dent Winner [16]
1953 Edward Osmond A Valley Grows Up Oxford University Press Winner
1954 [lower-alpha 5] Ronald Welch Knight Crusader Oxford University Press Winner
Harold Jones and Kathleen Lines Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery RhymesSpecial commendation
Lucy M. Boston Children of Green Knowe Commended
Nicholas Stuart Gray Over the Hills to FabylonCommended
C. S. Lewis The Horse and His Boy Commended
Barbara Leonie Picard The Lady of the Linden TreeCommended
James Reeves English Fables and Fairy StoriesCommended
Rosemary Sutcliff The Eagle of the Ninth Commended
1955 Eleanor Farjeon The Little Bookroom Oxford University Press Winner
Lancelot Hogben Man Must Measure: The Wonderful World of MathematicsCommended
Margaret Jowett Candidate for FameCommended
Jo Manton The Story of Albert SchweitzerCommended
William Mayne A Swarm in MayCommended
A. Philippa Pearce Minnow on the SayCommended
1956 C. S. Lewis The Last Battle The Bodley Head Winner [16]
Rumer Godden The Fairy DollCommended
William Mayne Choristers' CakeCommended
William Mayne The Member for the MarshCommended
Barbara Leonie Picard Ransom for a KnightCommended
Ian Serraillier The Silver Sword Commended
Rosemary Sutcliff The Shield Ring Commended
1957 William Mayne A Grass Rope Oxford University Press Winner
Gillian Avery The Warden's NieceCommended
Anne Barrett Sogberd's GroveCommended
Antonia Forest Falconer's Lure Commended
William Mayne The Blue BoatCommended
Katharine Savage The Story of the Second World WarCommended
Rosemary Sutcliff The Silver BranchCommended
1958 Philippa Pearce Tom's Midnight Garden [lower-alpha 1] Oxford University Press Winner [16]
Lucy M. Boston The Chimneys of Green Knowe Commended
Rosemary Sutcliff Warrior ScarletCommended
1959 Rosemary Sutcliff The Lantern Bearers Oxford University Press Winner [16]
Cynthia Harnett The Load of Unicorn Commended
Mary Norton The Borrowers Afloat Commended
Margery Sharp The Rescuers Commended
John Verney Friday's TunnelCommended
Andres Young Quiet as Moss: 36 PoemsCommended

1960s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1960-1969 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1960 Ian Wolfran Cornwall , illus. by Marjorie Maitland Howard The Making of ManPhoenix HouseWinner
Hester Burton The Great GaleCommended
Robert Graves The Penny FiddleCommended
Frederick Grice The Bonny Pit LaddieCommended
Mary K. Harris SeraphinaCommended
Ian Serraillier The Ivory HornCommended
1961 Lucy M. Boston A Stranger at Green Knowe Faber & Faber Winner [16]
Antonia Forest Peter's Room Commended
Rumer Godden Miss Happiness and Miss FlowerCommended
James Reeves Ragged RobinCommended
John Verney February's RoadCommended
1962 Pauline Clarke The Twelve and the Genii Faber & Faber Winner
Gillian Avery The Greatest GreshamCommended
Hester Burton Castors AwayCommended
Samuel E. Ellacott Armour and BladeCommended
Penelope Farmer The Summer Birds Commended
Jo Manton The Story of John KeatsCommended
K. M. Peyton WindfallCommended
1963 Hester Burton Time of Trial Oxford University Press Winner
Eric AllanThe Latchkey ChildrenCommended
Ralph Arnold Kings, Bishops, Knights, and Pawns: Life in a Feudal SocietyCommended
Margaret J. Baker Castaway ChristmasCommended
Antonia Forest The Thursday KidnappingCommended
John Rowe Townsend Hell's EdgeCommended
1964 Sheena Porter Nordy Bank Oxford University Press Winner
Eric S. de Mare London's RiversideCommended
Jenny Grace Fyson The Three Brothers of UrCommended
C. Walter Hodges NamesakeCommended
K. M. Peyton The Maplin BirdCommended
1965 Philip Turner The Grange at High Force Oxford University Press Winner
Alan Garner Elidor Commended
Jenny Grace Fyson The Journey of the Eldest SonCommended
Mary K. Harris The Bus GirlsCommended
C. Headington The Orchestra and Its InstrumentsCommended
K. M. Peyton The Plan for BirdmarshCommended
Barbara Leonie Picard One is OneCommended
1966 Prize withheld as no book considered suitable [lower-alpha 3]
Norman Denny and Josephine Filmer-Sankey The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066Highly commended
Helen GriffithThe Wild Horse of SantanderCommended
K. M. Peyton Thunder in the SkyCommended
Morna Stuart Marassa and MidnightCommended
1967 Alan Garner The Owl Service [lower-alpha 1] Collins Winner [16]
Henry Treece The Dream TimeHighly commended
Helen Cresswell The PiemakersCommended
Leon Garfield SmithCommended
K. M. Peyton Flambards Commended
1968 Rosemary Harris The Moon in the Cloud Faber & Faber Winner
Joan Aiken The Whispering Mountain Commended
Margaret Balderson When Jays Fly to Barbmo Commended
Leon Garfield Black JackCommended
1969 K. M. Peyton The Edge of the Cloud Oxford University Press Winner [16]
Helen Cresswell The Night WatchmanCommended
K. M. Peyton Flambards in Summer Commended
John Rowe Townsend The Intruder Commended

1970s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1970-1979 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1970 Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen, illus. by Charles Keeping The God Beneath the Sea Longman Winner
Peter Dickinson The Devil's ChildrenCommended
Leon Garfield The Drummer BoyCommended
William Mayne RavensgillCommended
1971 Ivan Southall Josh Angus & Robertson Winner
Gillian Avery A Likely LadCommended
Helen Cresswell Up the PierCommended
Rosemary Sutcliff Tristan and Iseult Commended
1972 Richard Adams Watership Down Rex Collings Winner [16]
Peter Dickinson The Dancing BearCommended
Emma Smith No Way of TellingCommended
1973 Penelope Lively The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Heinemann Winner
Nina Bawden Carrie's War Commended
Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising Commended
Helen Cresswell The BongleweedCommended
1974 Mollie Hunter The Stronghold Hamish Hamilton Winner
Ian Ribbons The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 Oxford University Press Highly commended
Winifred Cawley Gran at Coalgate Commended
Jill Paton Walsh The Emperor's Winding SheetCommended
1975 Robert Westall The Machine Gunners [lower-alpha 1] Macmillan Winner
Susan Cooper The Grey King Commended
Diana Wynne Jones Dogsbody Commended
1976 Jan Mark Thunder and Lightnings KestrelWinner [16]
Peter Dickinson The Blue HawkCommended
1977 Gene Kemp The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler Faber & Faber Winner [16]
Peter Carter Under GoliathCommended
Diana Wynne Jones Charmed Life Commended
Philippa Pearce The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the SupernaturalCommended
1978 David Rees The Exeter Blitz Hamish Hamilton Winner
1979 Peter Dickinson Tulku Gollancz Winner [16]
Sheila Sancha The Castle StoryHighly commended
Bernard Ashley A Wild Kind of JusticeCommended
Philippa Pearce The Battle of Bubble and SqueakCommended
Robert Westall The Devil on the RoadCommended

1980s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1980-1989 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1980 Peter Dickinson , illus. by Michael Foreman City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament Gollancz Winner
Jan Mark Nothing To Be Afraid OfHighly commended
John Branfield The Fox in WinterCommended
Jan Needle A Sense of ShameCommended
1981 Robert Westall The Scarecrows Chatto & Windus Winner
Jane Gardam The Hollow LandHighly commended
Jane Gardam Bridget and WilliamCommended
Michelle Magorian Goodnight Mister Tom Commended
1982 Margaret Mahy The Haunting J.M. DentWinner [16]
Gillian Cross The Dark Behind the CurtainHighly commended
Tim Kennemore Wall of WordsCommended
1983 Jan Mark Handles KestrelWinner
James Watson Talking in WhispersHighly commended
Philippa Pearce The Way to Sattin ShoreCommended
Patricia Wrightson A Little FearCommended
1984 Margaret Mahy The Changeover J. M. Dent Winner
Robert Swindells Brother in the Land Oxford University Press Highly commended
1985 Kevin Crossley-Holland , illus. Alan Marks Storm [lower-alpha 1] HeinemannWinner [16]
Janni Howker Nature of the BeastHighly commended
1986 Berlie Doherty Granny Was a Buffer Girl Methuen Publishing Winner [16]
Janni Howker Isaac CampionHighly commended
Bernard Ashley Running ScaredCommended
Gillian Cross ChartbreakerCommended
Andrew Taylor Coal HouseCommended
1987 Susan Price The Ghost Drum Faber & Faber Winner
Margaret Mahy MemoryHighly commended
Eileen Dunlop The House on the HillCommended
Monica Furlong Wise ChildCommended
Michael Morpurgo Kings of the Cloud ForestCommended
1988 Geraldine McCaughrean A Pack of Lies Oxford University Press Winner [16]
Gillian Cross A Map of NowhereHighly commended
Peter Dickinson Eva Gollancz Highly commended
Elizabeth Laird Red Sky in the Morning Highly commended
Vivien Alcock The Monster GardenCommended
Judy Allen Awaiting DevelopmentsCommended
Diana Wynne Jones The Lives of Christopher ChantCommended
1989 Anne Fine Goggle-Eyes Hamish Hamilton Winner [16]
Anne Fine , illus. by Philippe Dupasquier Bill's New Frock Egmont Highly commended
Carole Lloyd The Charlie Barber TreatmentHighly commended
Vivien Alcock The Trial of Anna CotmanCommended

1990s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1990-1999 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
1990 Gillian Cross Wolf Oxford University Press Winner [16]
Melvin Burgess The Cry of the Wolf Andersen Press Highly commended
Robert Westall The Kingdom by the SeaHighly commended
Theresa Tomlinson Riding the WavesCommended
1991 Berlie Doherty Dear Nobody Hamish Hamilton Winner
Jacqueline Wilson , illus. by Nick Sharratt The Story of Tracy Beaker Doubleday Highly commended
Annie Dalton Real Tilly BeanyCommended
Garry Kilworth The DrownersCommended
1992 Anne Fine Flour Babies Hamish Hamilton Winner
Robert Westall GulfHighly commended
Peter Dickinson A Bone from a Dry SeaCommended
Gillian Cross The Great Elephant Chase Commended
1993 Robert Swindells Stone Cold Hamish Hamilton Winner
Melvin Burgess The Baby and Fly PieHighly commended
Jenny Nimmo The Stone MouseHighly commended
Anne Merrick Someone Came KnockingCommended
1994 Theresa Breslin Whispers in the Graveyard Winner
Berlie Doherty Willa And Old Miss AnnieHighly commended
Lesley Howarth MapheadHighly commended
1995 Philip Pullman Northern Lights [lower-alpha 1] Winner [16]
Jacqueline Wilson Double Act Highly commended
Susan Gates Raider Commended
1996 Melvin Burgess Junk [lower-alpha 1] Winner [16]
Anne Fine The Tulip Touch Highly commended
Terry Pratchett Johnny and the Bomb Commended
1997 Tim Bowler River Boy Winner
Henrietta Branford Fire, Bed, and Bone Highly commended
J. K. Rowling Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone Commended
1998 David Almond Skellig [lower-alpha 1] Winner [16]
1999 Aidan Chambers Postcards from No Man's Land Winner

2000s

Beginning in 2003, commendations were not presented, only short and longlists; only the shortlists are presented below.

Medal honorees, 2000-2009 [8]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherAgeResultRef.
2000 Beverley Naidoo The Other Side of Truth Winner [8] [16]
Adèle Geras Troy Highly commended [8]
Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass Highly commended [8]
Melvin Burgess The Ghost Behind The WallCommended [8]
2001 Terry Pratchett Amazing Maurice and His Educated RodentsWinner [8]
Geraldine McCaughrean Stop The Train Highly commended [8]
Sharon Creech Love That Dog Commended [8]
2002 Sharon Creech Ruby Holler Winner [8]
Anne Fine Up On Cloud NineHighly commended [8]
2003 Jennifer Donnelly A Gathering Light [lower-alpha 1] Bloomsbury 12+Winner [8]
David Almond The Fire-Eaters Hooder 10+Shortlist
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time David Fickling 12+Shortlist
Elizabeth Laird The Garbage King Macmillan 10+Shortlist
Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful Collins Publishers 10+Shortlist
Linda Newbery Sisterland David Fickling 13+Shortlist
2004 Frank Cottrell-Boyce Millions Macmillan 9+Winner [8] [16] [18]
Anne Cassidy Looking for JJ Scholastic 13+Shortlist
Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone Does My Shirts Bloomsbury 11+Shortlist
Sharon Creech Heartbeat Bloomsbury 10+Shortlist
Eva Ibbotson The Star of Kazan Macmillan 10+Shortlist
Philip Pullman The Scarecrow and His Servant Doubleday 8+Shortlist
2005 Mal Peet Tamar Winner [8] [16] [19]
David Almond Clay Hooder 11+Shortlist [35]
Frank Cottrell-Boyce Framed Macmillan 9+Shortlist [35]
Jan Mark Turbulence Hooder 12+Shortlist [35]
Geraldine McCaughrean The White Darkness Oxford University Press 12+Shortlist [35]
2007 [lower-alpha 6] Meg Rosoff Just in Case Penguin 14+Winner [16]
Kevin Brooks The Road of the Dead The Chicken House 14+Shortlist [36]
Siobhan Dowd A Swift Pure Cry David Fickling 13+Shortlist [36]
Anne Fine The Road of Bones Doubleday 12+Shortlist [36]
Ally Kennen Beast Marion Lloyd12+Shortlist [36]
Marcus Sedgwick My Swordhand is Singing Orion 10+Shortlist [36]
2008 Philip Reeve Here Lies Arthur Scholastic 12+Winner [16]
Kevin Crossley-Holland Gatty's Tale Orion 10+Shortlist [37] [38]
Linzi Glass Ruby Red Penguin 12+Shortlist [37] [38]
Elizabeth Laird Crusade Macmillan 10+Shortlist [37] [38]
Tanya Landman Apache: Girl Warrior Walker 12+Shortlist [37] [38]
Meg Rosoff What I Was Penguin 12+Shortlist [37] [38]
Jenny Valentine Finding Violet Park HarperCollins 12+Shortlist [37] [38]
2009 Siobhan Dowd Bog Child David Fickling 12+Winner [16] [20]
Kevin Brooks Black Rabbit Summer Puffin 14+Shortlist [39] [40]
Eoin Colfer Airman Puffin 9+Shortlist [39] [40]
Frank Cottrell-Boyce Cosmic Macmillan 8+Shortlist [39] [40]
Keith Gray Ostrich BoysDefinitions12+Shortlist [39] [40]
Patrick Ness The Knife of Never Letting Go Walker 14+Shortlist [39] [40]
Kate Thompson Creature of the Night Bodley Head 14+Shortlist [39] [40]

2010s

Medal winners and Shortlists, 2010-2019
YearAuthorTitlePublisherAgeResultRef.
2010 Neil Gaiman , illus. by Dave McKean and Chris Riddell The Graveyard Book Bloomsbury 9+Winner [16] [21]
Laurie Halse Anderson Chains Bloomsbury 11+Shortlist [41] [42]
Helen Grant The Vanishing of Katharina Linden Penguin 14+Shortlist [41] [42]
Julie Hearn Rowan the Strange Oxford University Press 12+Shortlist [41] [42]
Patrick Ness The Ask and the Answer Walker14+Shortlist [41] [42]
Terry Pratchett Nation Doubleday 11+Shortlist [41] [42]
Philip Reeve Fever Crumb Scholastic 9+Shortlist [41] [42]
Marcus Sedgwick Revolver Orion 12+Shortlist [41] [42]
2011 Patrick Ness Monsters of Men Walker14+Winner [16] [22]
Theresa Breslin Prisoner of the Inquisition Doubleday 12+Shortlist [43]
Geraldine McCaughrean The Death-Defying Pepper Roux Oxford University Press 10+Shortlist [43]
Meg Rosoff The Bride's FarewellPuffin12+Shortlist [43]
Marcus Sedgwick White Crow Orion 12+Shortlist [43]
Jason Wallace Out of Shadows Andersen Press 14+Shortlist [43]
2012 Patrick Ness A Monster Calls Walker 9+Winner [16] [23]
David Almond My Name is Mina Hodder 9+Shortlist [44] [45]
Lissa EvansSmall Change for Stuart Doubleday 8+Shortlist [44] [45]
Sonya Hartnett The Midnight Zoo Walker 9+Shortlist [44] [45]
Ali Lewis Everybody Jam Andersen Press 12+Shortlist [44] [45]
Andy Mulligan Trash David Fickling Books 12+Shortlist [44] [45]
Annabel Pitcher My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Orion 10+Shortlist [44] [45]
Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Grey Puffin12+Shortlist [44] [45]
2013 Sally Gardner Maggot Moon Hot Key Books 11+Winner [16] [24]
Sarah Crossan The Weight of Water Bloomsbury 9+Shortlist [46] [47]
Roddy Doyle A Greyhound of a GirlMarion Lloyd Books9+Shortlist [46] [47]
Nick Lake In Darkness Bloomsbury 13+Shortlist [46] [47]
R. J. Palacio Wonder Bodley Head 10+Shortlist [46] [47]
Marcus Sedgwick MidwinterbloodIndigo11+Shortlist [46] [47]
Dave SheltonA Boy and a Bear in a Boat David Fickling Books 8+Shortlist [46] [47]
Elizabeth Wein Code Name Verity Electric Monkey 13+Shortlist [46] [47]
2014 Kevin Brooks The Bunker Diary [lower-alpha 7] Puffin 14+Winner [16] [25] [48]
Julie Berry All the Truth That's in Me Templar14+Shortlist [49] [50]
Rachel Campbell-Johnston The Child's Elephant David Fickling Books 11+Shortlist [49] [50]
Susan Cooper Ghost Hawk Bodley Head 11+Shortlist [49] [50]
Anne Fine Blood Family Doubleday 14+Shortlist [49] [50]
Katherine Rundell Rooftoppers Faber & Faber 11+Shortlist [49] [50]
Rebecca Stead Liar & Spy Andersen Press 9+Shortlist [49] [50]
William Sutcliffe The Wall Bloomsbury 11+Shortlist [49] [50]
2015 Tanya Landman Buffalo Soldier Walker 14+Winner [16] [26]
Brian Conaghan When Mr Dog Bites Bloomsbury 14+Shortlist [51] [52]
Sarah Crossan Apple and Rain Bloomsbury 11+Shortlist [51] [52]
Sally Gardner Tinder Orion 11+Shortlist [51] [52]
Frances Hardinge Cuckoo Song Macmillan 11+Shortlist [51] [52]
Elizabeth Laird The Fastest Boy in the World Macmillan 9+Shortlist [51] [52]
Geraldine McCaughrean The Middle of NowhereUsborne11+Shortlist [51] [52]
Patrick Ness More Than This Walker 14+Shortlist [51] [52]
2016 Sarah Crossan One Bloomsbury Winner [27]
Frances Hardinge The Lie Tree Macmillan Shortlist [53] [54]
Nick Lake There Will Be Lies Bloomsbury Shortlist [53] [54]
Patrick Ness The Rest of Us Just Live Here Walker Shortlist [53] [54]
Kate Saunders Five Children on the Western Front Faber & Faber Shortlist [53] [54]
Marcus Sedgwick The Ghosts of Heaven IndigoShortlist [53] [54]
Robin Talley Lies We Tell Ourselves HarperCollins Shortlist [53] [54]
Jenny Valentine Fire Colour One HarperCollins Shortlist [53] [54]
2017 Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea Puffin Winner [55] [56]
Frank Cottrell-Boyce Sputnik's Guide to Life on EarthPan MacmillanShortlist [57] [58]
Zana Fraillon The Bone Sparrow [lower-alpha 8] Orion Children's Books Shortlist [57] [58]
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock The Smell of Other People's Houses Faber & Faber Shortlist [57] [58]
Glenda Millard The Stars at Oktober BendOld Barn BooksShortlist [57] [58]
Mal Peet and Meg Rosoff Beck Walker Shortlist [57] [58]
Philip Reeve Railhead Oxford University Press Shortlist [57] [58]
Lauren Wolk Wolf Hollow CorgiShortlist [57] [58]
2018 Geraldine McCaughrean , illus. by Jane Milloy Where the World Ends UsborneWinner [59] [60]
Lissa EvansWed Wabbit David Fickling Books Shortlist [61] [62]
Will HillAfter the FireUsborneShortlist [61] [62]
Anthony McGowan Rook Barrington Stoke Shortlist [61] [62]
Patrick Ness Release Walker Shortlist [61] [62]
Marcus Sedgwick Saint Death Orion Shortlist [61] [62]
Angie Thomas The Hate U Give [lower-alpha 9] Walker Shortlist [61] [62]
Lauren Wolk Beyond the Bright Sea CorgiShortlist [61] [62]
2019 Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X Harper Teen Winner [28]
Kwame Alexander , illus. by Dawud Anyabwile Rebound Andersen Press Shortlist [63] [64]
Sophie Anderson , illus. by Elisa Paganelli The House with Chicken Legs UsborneShortlist [63] [64]
Candy Gourlay Bone Talk David Fickling Books Shortlist [63] [64]
Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows Macmillan Children's Books Shortlist [63] [64]
Sally Nicholls Things a Bright Girl Can Do Andersen Press Shortlist [63] [64]
Jason Reynolds Long Way Down Faber Child Shortlist [63] [64]
Kate Saunders The Land of Neverendings Faber Child Shortlist [63] [64]

2020s

Medal winners and Shortlists, 2010-2019
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
2020 Anthony McGowan Lark Barrington Stoke Winner [65]
Dean Atta , illus. by Anshika Khullar The Black Flamingo Hachette Children's Group Shortlist [66]
Nick Lake Nowhere on Earth Hachette Children's Group Shortlist [66]
Randy Ribay Patron Saints of Nothing Little Tiger Shortlist [66]
Annet Schaap , trans. by Laura Watkinson LampiePushkin Children's BooksShortlist [66]
Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, illus. by Alexis Deacon Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black Walker Shortlist [66]
Angie Thomas On the Come Up Walker Shortlist [66]
Chris VickGirl. Boy. Sea. Head of Zeus Shortlist [66]
2021 Jason Reynolds Look Both Ways Knights Of Winner [29] [67]
Elizabeth Acevedo Clap When You Land Hot Key Books Shortlist [68] [69]
Sophie Anderson, illus. by Kathrin Honesta The Girl Who Speaks BearUsborneShortlist [68] [69]
Joseph Coelho , illus. by Kate Milner The Girl Who Became A TreeOtter-Barry BooksShortlist [68] [69]
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick On Midnight Beach Faber & Faber Shortlist [68] [69]
Manjeet Mann Run, Rebel Penguin Shortlist [68] [69]
Ruta Sepetys The Fountains of Silence Penguin Shortlist [68] [69]
Lauren Wolk Echo Mountain Penguin Shortlist [68] [69]
2022 Katya Balen , illus. by Angela Harding October, October Bloomsbury Winner [30]
Sue Divin Guard Your Heart Pan Macmillan Shortlist [70] [71]
Phil Earle When the Sky Falls Andersen Press Shortlist [70] [71]
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town Faber & Faber Shortlist [70] [71]
Manjeet Mann The Crossing Penguin Shortlist [70] [71]
Julian Sedgwick , illus. by Chie Kutsuwada Tsunami GirlGuppy PublishingShortlist [70] [71]
Alex Wheatle Cane Warriors Andersen Press Shortlist [70] [71]
Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam Punching the Air HarperCollins Shortlist [70] [71]
2023 Manon Steffan Ros The Blue Book of NeboFirefly PressWinner [72]
Katya Balen The Light in Everything Bloomsbury Children’s Books Shortlist [73] [74]
Sita Brahmachari When Shadows Fall Little Tiger Shortlist [73] [74]
Jessie Burton Medusa Bloomsbury Children’s Books Shortlist [73] [74]
Louise Finch The Eternal Return of Clara HartLittle IslandShortlist [73] [74]
Patrice Lawrence Needle Barrington Stoke Shortlist [73] [74]
Ruta Sepetys I Must Betray You Hodder Children's Books Shortlist [73] [74]

Repeat honorees

Eight authors have won two Carnegie Medals, which was prohibited for many years.[ citation needed ] Additionally, several authors have been shortlisted and/or commended multiple times.

The table below provides a list of authors who have been honoured, sorted first by number of honors and the rank of the honor (e.g., win is higher than commendation), then by the authors' last name. For the sake of ease, shortlists are considered of equal rank to commendations, though lower than high commendations. The table was last updated in June 2023.

Repeat honorees
AuthorWinsHigh commendationsCommendationsShortlists
Anne Fine 2 (1989, 1992)3 (1989, 1996, 2002)2 (2007, 2014)
Robert Westall 2 (1975, 1981)2 (1990, 1992)1 (2007) [lower-alpha 10]
Peter Dickinson 2 (1979, 1980)1 (1988)4 (1970, 1972, 1976, 1992)
Geraldine McCaughrean 2 (1988, 2018)1 (2001)3 (2005, 2011, 2015)
Jan Mark 2 (1976, 1983)1 (1980)1 (2005)
Berlie Doherty 2 (1986, 1991)1 (1994)
Margaret Mahy 2 (1982, 1984)1 (1987)
Patrick Ness 2 (2011, 2012)5 (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018)
K. M. Peyton 1 (1969)6 (1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969)
William Mayne 1 (1957)5 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1970) [lower-alpha 11]
Rosemary Sutcliff 1 (1959)5 (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971)
Gillian Cross 1 (1990)4 (1982, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Melvin Burgess 1 (1996)3 (1990, 1993, 2000)2 (1996, 2007) [lower-alpha 12]
Philippa Pearce 1 (1958)3 (1977, 1979, 1983)1 (2007) [lower-alpha 13]
Leon Garfield 1 (1970)3 (1967, 1968, 1970)
Lucy M. Boston 1 (1961)2 (1954, 1958)
Hester Burton 1 (1963)2 (1960, 1962)
Philip Pullman 1 (1995)1 (2000)2 (2004, 2007) [lower-alpha 14]
Sharon Creech 1 (2002)1 (2001)1 (2004)
Alan Garner 1 (1967)1 (1965)1 (2007) [lower-alpha 15]
Mary Norton 1 (1952)1 (1959)1 (2007) [lower-alpha 16]
Terry Pratchett 1 (2008)1 (1996)1 (2010)
Cynthia Harnett 1 (1951)1 (1959)
C. S. Lewis 1 (1956)1 (1954)
Noel Streatfeild 1 (1938)1 (1936)
Robert Swindells 1 (1993)1 (1984)
David Almond 1 (1998)4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2012) [lower-alpha 17]
Frank Cottrell-Boyce 1 (2004)3 (2005, 2009, 2017)
Ruta Sepetys 1 (2017)3 (2012, 2021, 2023)
Kevin Brooks 1 (2014)2 (2007, 2009)
Sarah Crossan 1 (2016)2 (2013, 2015)
Kevin Crossley-Holland 1 (1985)2 (1985, 2008) [lower-alpha 18]
Philip Reeve 1 (2008)2 (2010, 2017)
Meg Rosoff 1 (2007)2 (2008, 2011)
Katya Balen 1 (2022)1 (2023)
Theresa Breslin 1 (1994)1 (2011)
Siobhan Dowd 1 (2009)1 (2007)
Sally Gardner 1 (2013)1 (2015)
Tanya Landman 1 (2015)1 (2008)
Anthony McGowan 1 (2020)1 (2018)
Mal Peet 1 (2005)1 (2017)
Jason Reynolds 1 (2021)1 (2019)
Helen Cresswell 4 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1967)
Gillian Avery 3 (1957, 1962, 1971)
Antonia Forest 3 (1957, 1961, 1963)
Diana Wynne Jones 3 (1975, 1977, 1988)
Barbara Leonie Picard 3 (1954, 1956, 1965)
Susan Cooper 2 (1973, 1975)1 (2014)
Vivien Alcock 2 (1988, 1989)
Bernard Ashley 2 (1979, 1986)
Jenny Grace Fyson 2 (1964, 1965)
Rumer Godden 2 (1956, 1961)
Mary K. Harris 2 (1960, 1965)
Janni Howker 2 (1985, 1986)
Jo Manton 2 (1955, 1962)
James Reeves 2 (1954, 1961)
Ian Serraillier 2 (1956, 1960)
John Rowe Townsend 2 (1963, 1969)
John Verney 2 (1959, 1961)
Jacqueline Wilson 2 (1991, 1995)
Elizabeth Laird 1 (1988)3 (2003, 2008, 2015)
Jane Gardam 1 (1981)1 (1981)
Michael Morpurgo 1 (1987)1 (2003)
Marcus Sedgwick 7 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Frances Hardinge 3 (2015, 2016, 2019)
Nick Lake 3 (2013, 2016, 2020)
Lauren Wolk 3 (2017, 2018, 2021)
Elizabeth Acevedo 2 (2019, 2021)
Sophie Anderson2 (2019, 2021)
Lissa Evans2 (2012, 2018)
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock 2 (2017, 2022)
Manjeet Mann 2 (2021, 2022)
Kate Saunders 2 (2016, 2019)
Angie Thomas 2 (2018, 2020)
Jenny Valentine 2 (2008, 2016)

Multiple award recipients

Six books have won both the Carnegie Medal and the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which was inaugurated 1967.(Dates are years of U.K. publication, and Carnegie award dates before 2006.)

Only A Monster Calls , written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has won both the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals (2012).

Only The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009) has won both the Carnegie Medal and the equivalent American award, the Newbery Medal. [75]

Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for Ruby Holler (2002), previously won the Newbery and two U.K. awards for Walk Two Moons (1994). [76]

Four writers have won both the Carnegie and the US Michael L. Printz Award. The Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognises the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". The four writers are David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Geraldine McCaughrean, and Meg Rosoff. Chambers alone has won both for the same book, the 1999 Carnegie and 2003 Printz for the novel Postcards from No Man's Land . [9] [77] [78]

In its scope, books for children or young adults, the British Carnegie corresponds to the American Newbery and Printz awards.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 This book was named to the 70th Anniversary Top Ten in 2007. [15]
  2. 1 2 3 The first two Medal-winning books were illustrated by their authors, as were four others to 1953 (six of the first sixteen winners), but none since then.
  3. 1 2 In 1966, the last time no medal was awarded, Central Connecticut State University lists a "Highly Commended" book for the first time.
  4. Dave McKean illustrated the UK Adult edition and the US edition of The Graveyard Book, while Chris Riddell illustrated the UK Children's edition, all published in October 2008. Riddell was shortlisted for the companion Kate Greenaway Medal, recognising the year's best illustration.
  5. The special commendation to Harold Jones in 1955 for his 1954 illustration of Lavender's Blue was "a major reason" for the Library Association to establish the Kate Greenaway Medal that year; no 1955 work was judged worthy in 1956, so the Medal was actually inaugurated one year later. [15]
  6. Prior to 2007, the award year aligned with eligible books' year of publication; in 2007 and later years, the award year followed eligible books' year of publication.
  7. The award to Brooks roused some controversy because of the bleak nature of the novel. [48]
  8. The Bone Sparrow received an Amnesty CILIP Honour commendation. [55]
  9. The Hate U Give received an Amnesty CILIP Honour commendation. [59]
  10. Westfall's The Machine Gunners was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award.
  11. Two of Mayne's books were highly commended in 1956.
  12. Burgess's Junk was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegies. [15]
  13. Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie Top 10. [15]
  14. Pullman's Northern Lights was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's Top 10. [15]
  15. Westfall's The Machine Gunners was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award. [15]
  16. Norton's The Borrowers was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's Top 10. [15]
  17. Almond's Skellig was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award. [15]
  18. Crossley-Holland's Storm was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie award. [15]

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